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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 August 1939, Page 9

For hardiness and enthusiasm the primary pupils of the Ohura District High School. Taranaki, have created a record. Rising at 3 o’clock on a cold winter morning, the boys and girls walked several miles to catch a train at 4.45 a.m. and travelled five hours in unhealed carriages and then played I basketball and football at Toko, where the eastern district schools were holding their annual tournament. Scorning boots as effeminate equipment, the boysl won the Needham Rugby Challenge! Cup in a seven-a-side contest againstj opponents, most of whom had their feeti amply protected. No team could cross Ohura’s line because of the determined tackling, and the barefooted boys' scored 28 points through their speed! and superior tactics.